Building audience and community

11:04:00 AM: Presentation by Chi-Chi Ekweozor of RealFresh.tv. #wordcampuk

11:13:53 AM: Discussion about ‘comment is free.’

11:14:40 AM: Comments build and feed into community, says someone from the floor.

11:15:25 AM: The only problem with such a large room is being able to hear everyone. Can’t, basically. #wordcampuk

11:16:48 AM: Discussion point continues with more voices aguing that commenters are community. #wordcampuk

11:18:57 AM: Haven’t heard anyone yet define what ‘community’ means. #wordpressuk

11:20:50 AM: Discussion now on disruptive aspects of some people in why they comment. #wordpressuk

11:22:09 AM: Someone on the floor suggests comments do not make community. #wordcampuk

11:22:44 AM: (Again: what defines community? Not heard that yet.) #wordcampuk

11:27:19 AM: One definition of community from @nmw. Too long to retweet but here: http://bit.ly/10z6ea #wordcampuk

11:28:26 AM: Chi-Chi has sparked a great discussion about community (says @storynory who I’m sitting next to). #wordcampuk

11:30:14 AM: Wikipedia’s definition of ‘community’ isn’t bad. Complex. http://bit.ly/1aqKhT #wordcampuk

11:34:07 AM: Someone on floor having a stab at defining community. Can’t hear him well though. #wordcampuk

11:37:16 AM: Someone from floor says community has to deliver something to the person who created it. I’d like to hear this idea explained. #wordcampuk

11:38:15 AM: Good definition of ‘community’ by @mikethebee http://bit.ly/nJ35E #wordcampuk

11:45:45 AM: “Look at blogs as a communication device .. you’re looking to modify someone’s behaviour” – comment from floor. #wordcampuk

11:50:30 AM: Discussion now on whether tech types like WordPress developers are good at developing community. Short answer seems to be ‘no.’ #wordcampuk

11:52:58 AM: Community extends to readers of your content elsewhere, eg RSS subscribers. #wordcampuk

11:56:20 AM: Someone on floor who ID’d himself as ‘the foreigner’ made some great points about creators, involvers and consumers. #wordcampuk

12:01:06 PM: “Ultimately, community is a sense of belonging” says someone from the floor. #wordcampuk

12:05:02 PM: Interesting discussion on Twitter. It’s just noise, says one. No it’s a great community tool says another. #wordcampuk